鋰

See also: 锂

鋰 U+92F0, 鋰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-92F0 ← 鋯 [U+92EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 鋱 → [U+92F1]

Translingual

Han character

鋰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金田土 (CWG), four-corner 8611₄, composition ⿰金里)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1308, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40501
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4207, character 4
• Unihan data for U+92F0

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Chinese

trad.		鋰
simp.		锂

Chemical element
Li
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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 里.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin lithium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lî
• Eastern Min (BUC): lī
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lí
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³
    • Yale: lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁵
    • Yale: léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /li²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃i³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
    • Tâi-lô: lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鋰

1. lithium

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Japanese

Kanji

鋰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lithium

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: り (ri)
• Kun: リチウム (richiumu, 鋰)

Usage notes

The リチウム (richiumu) reading for this kanji appears to be vanishingly rare, and actual use of this character for this reading cannot currently be confirmed. This might be limited to contexts discussing Chinese-language chemistry terminology.

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Korean

Hanja

鋰 • (ri) (hangeul 리, McCune–Reischauer ri, Yale li)

1. lithium